[Qgis-psc] Financial warning

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Andreas,
thanks for this warning. What prevents us from sticking to the budget,
and allocating to bugfixing only what is available?
I think communicating our needs will help in this regard: I believe
donors will be more motivated when they will know all the additional
donations will go into bugfixing.
All the best.

On 02/03/19 12:17, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In that respect I hope that our change from sponsors  to sustaining
> members (to be voted on during the upcoming AGM) will help to attract
> more organizations to join as financial supporters. I am positive that
> it will help, esp. for governmental organizations and universities.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> 
> Am 02.03.19 um 11:50 schrieb Andreas Neumann:
>> Dear PSC,
>>
>> In the light of the current discussion around AGM and fast release
>> pace, here is some additional information and concern I have as the
>> financial manager of the project:
>>
>> Most of our financial resources go into bug fixing (> 50%) and I have
>> the impression that this share is increasing every year. Currently I
>> have to send out a warning that our financial resources are dwindling
>> rapidly - our bank account is down below 30k €. For every release we
>> spend about 10-20k more on bug fixing than allocated in the budget. As
>> a consequence, we will have to either cancel the QGIS grants this year
>> or skip bug fixing of release 3.8 or cut down drastically if we can't
>> find additional financial supporters. I am very grateful that many
>> core qgis devs can find the time to participate in the paid bug fixing
>> (and they do a very good job!) - but unfortunately bugs are coming in
>> quicker ...
>>
>> I don't want to sound overly pessimistic - but it is my duty to let
>> you know about this development that we currently spend more than we
>> get in. Something will have to change in this respect during the 3.8
>> release or we'll have to skip the QGIS grants program this year.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
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